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Bangladesh joins the SSE
(Chittagong, Bangladesh 5 June 2017) Chittagong Stock Exchange Limited (CSE) held a press conference to announce its commitment to sustainable and transparent capital markets as the first Bangladeshi Stock Exchange to join the Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) initiative.“As a…
May News Highlights
This month includes news from New SSE green finance work, BMV, Deutsche Börse, LGX, NZX and Santiago and more. Monthly news highlights are compiled by the SSE to give an overview of the capital markets sustainability news from that month. You can subscribe to our monthly news…
Green Finance Workstream Launch
(Geneva, Switzerland 4 May 2017) This week the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) initiative launched its Green Finance workstream with a meeting of advisory group members in Geneva. Co-chaired by the Luxembourg Stock Exchange’s Secretary General, Maurice Bauer…
NZX Limited joins the SSE
(Wellington, New Zealand 18 April 2017) The New Zealand stock exchange, NZX Limited, announced that it is joining the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) initiative. This comes alongside a commitment to substantively update the NZX’s Corporate Governance Code.“NZX…
Exchange in Focus: Seven stock exchanges launch ESG reporting guidance
(Stockholm, 23 March 2017)  — Today, seven stock exchanges fulfilled their commitment to the UN Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) campaign to provide guidance to issuers on ESG reporting. Nasdaq Nordic and Baltic exchanges in Stockholm, Helsinki, Copenhagen,…
Bells Ring around the world to signal that Gender Equality is fundamental to business
(New York, 6 March 2017) – Today, UN Sustainable Stock Exchanges initiative launched a new report with GIZ, which highlights how exchanges can and are advancing UN Sustainable Development Goal 5 on gender equality. It cites a number of imperative…
Exchange in Focus: NYSE launches central repository of ESG reporting resources
(New York 3 March) This week the New York Stock Exchange, a subsidiary of Intercontinental Exchange, launched a new central repository of ESG reporting resources on its website. Accompanied by a statement in support of the UN Sustainable Stock Exchanges initiative, the new …
Exchange in Focus: LSE Group Launches Guide to ESG Reporting
For the event programme and list of speakers, click here.(London, 9 February 2017) Today the London Stock Exchange Group (LSE Group) brought together over 100 financial leaders from institutional investment firms and listed companies for the launch of LSE Group’s…
COP22: Capital Market Leaders Gather in Marrakesh to Promote Green Finance
For the event programme, list of speakers, click here.(Marrakesh, 16 November) While political leaders convened in Marrakesh for the United Nations Climate Summit (COP22), capital market leaders from around the world came together to discuss how regulators, stock exchanges and…
MENA region capital market leaders gather to promote sustainable finance
For the event programme, list of speakers, click here.(Dubai, 26 October 2016) Stock exchange CEOs from Egypt, Jordan, and Qatar met today with capital market regulators from Morocco, Malaysia, and the United Arab Emirates at the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE…